Recaps

A Dark Pavilion informant revealed that Hua Qian had commissioned an investigation into Qin Yuyan, warning her that the powerful playboy had taken an interest in her. As Lin Bai studied a map of the Mountain of the Seated Immortal and worried about sneaking past the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s Grand Elders, Hua Qian’s pleasure boat approached, leaving the group unable to avoid a confrontation.

• A Dark Pavilion informant told Qin Yuyan that Hua Qian had commissioned an investigation into her and explained that the Pavilion did business with anyone who paid.
• Lin Bai studied a map showing the Mountain of the Seated Immortal near the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s forbidden rear mountains, surrounded by Grand Elders’ secluded residences.
• Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan explained that Hua Qian’s interest in Qin Yuyan could cause trouble, but neither wanted to fight him openly, so they asked Lin Bai to help.
• Lin Bai agreed to return to Azure Dragon Estate to avoid Hua Qian, but his boat met Hua Qian’s lavish pleasure boat, where the young master stared drunkenly at Qin Yuyan.

Lin Bai, Qin Yuyan, and Jiang Xuansu were blocked on the river by Hua Qian, who tried to force the two women aboard his pleasure boat. When Hua Qian ordered his men to attack, Jiang Xuansu destroyed the boat with a single controlled strike, leaving its occupants badly wounded.

• Lin Bai tried to steer the painted boat to shore, but Hua Qian maneuvered his pleasure boat into its path and demanded that Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu join him.
• Qin Yuyan and Lin Bai refused Hua Qian's invitation, and the women accompanying him insulted Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu.
• Hua Qian ordered more than twenty martial artists to seize the two women and kill Lin Bai.
• Jiang Xuansu rose into the air and shattered Hua Qian's pleasure boat with one palm, seriously wounding everyone aboard while leaving them alive.

Jiang Xuansu destroyed Hua Qian’s pleasure boat, and Qin Yuyan sealed Hua Qian and the other martial artists beneath the river. After returning to the Azure Dragon Estate, Lin Bai joined Qin Yuyan, Jiang Xuansu, and Third Elder as Third Elder prepared to discuss the incident.

• Jiang Xuansu blasted Hua Qian’s pleasure boat apart, and Qin Yuyan used a Command Talisman to press Hua Qian and the other martial artists onto the riverbed.
• Third Elder Ke Yu and Vice Sect Master Wei Wuyu watched the confrontation and recognized Jiang Xuansu’s palm technique as Yan Donglai’s Three Imprints of Eastern Arrival and Qin Yuyan’s talisman as the Sentient Imprisonment Immortal Token.
• Wei Wuyu warned Third Elder that Hua Qian’s family held influence in Crimson Moon Mountain City, and Third Elder agreed to speak with Qin Yuyan about withdrawing the talisman.
• Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan returned to the Azure Dragon Estate, where Lin Bai studied a map in his residence.
• Third Elder appeared in Qin Yuyan’s courtyard and summoned Lin Bai, Qin Yuyan, and Jiang Xuansu to discuss the incident.

Lin Bai took Jiang Xuansu into the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s forbidden rear mountain grounds and asked her to pretend they were lovers if they were discovered. The martial contest was two days away, and Lin Bai’s reason for entering the restricted area remained unstated.

• The Third Elder reprimanded Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan for their clash with the Crimson Moon Divine Sect, and ordered Qin Yuyan to retrieve the Sentient Imprisonment Immortal Token.
• The Third Elder reminded Lin Bai to keep a low profile while carrying out the Sect Master’s task and forbade him, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan from leaving the Azure Dragon Estate before the martial contest.
• After five days, Lin Bai invited Jiang Xuansu out alone, and she agreed despite the Third Elder’s restriction.
• Lin Bai led Jiang Xuansu into the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s forbidden rear mountain grounds.
• Lin Bai asked Jiang Xuansu to claim they were lovers who had wandered into the forbidden area if anyone stopped them, leaving her shocked and blushing.

Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu posed as lovers to investigate the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s rear mountain, but an elder caught them and sent them away. Later, Lin Bai used the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant to sneak into the forbidden ground alone and reached the vicinity of Mountain of the Seated Immortal.

• Lin Bai persuaded Jiang Xuansu to accompany him into the rear mountain, and the two chatted like lovers to conceal their purpose.
• An old man stopped Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu in the forbidden ground, but believed their sightseeing excuse and let them leave.
• Jiang Xuansu realized Lin Bai had been investigating the rear mountain’s guards, and the two returned to Azure Dragon Estate without alerting Third Elder or Qin Yuyan.
• At dusk on the seventh day, Lin Bai used the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant and a disguise to slip back into the forbidden ground alone.
• Lin Bai passed the secluded elders undetected and approached the towering Mountain of the Seated Immortal, wondering if it was his destination.

Lin Bai explored Mountain of the Seated Immortal but was nearly discovered by a Black Hide Hellhound and a powerful elder, forcing him to retreat to Crimson Moon Mountain City. He told Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan that he planned to undergo his tribulation there, and they settled on the competition’s sixth or seventh day as the best opportunity.

• Lin Bai sensed the formations and secluded experts around Mountain of the Seated Immortal, while the Black Hide Hellhound detected his presence.
• The old man followed the Black Hide Hellhound into the forest and found signs that an intruder had passed through, then decided to strengthen the forbidden grounds’ defenses.
• Lin Bai escaped to Crimson Moon Mountain City and returned to Azure Dragon Estate, still shaken by how close he had come to being caught.
• Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan confronted Lin Bai about his plan to undergo his tribulation at Mountain of the Seated Immortal, and he admitted that he had nearly finished scouting the route.
• Qin Yuyan advised Lin Bai to wait until the competition’s sixth or seventh day, and Lin Bai agreed that he would time his tribulation to finish as the sect prepared to return.

Lin Bai and the Eternal Devil Sect disciples arrived at the Battle Arena for their competition against the Crimson Moon Divine Sect, where the hostile crowd jeered and chanted for them to be beaten to death. While many disciples were intimidated, Lin Bai’s fighting spirit surged, and he welcomed the challenge.

• The Third Elder gathered the competition disciples for a late-night meeting, while the elders told the training disciples they could attend the matches.
• Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, Qin Yuyan, and the other training disciples traveled with the Eternal Devil Sect’s contingent to the Battle Arena in Crimson Moon Mountain City.
• Martial artists in the packed plaza insulted and provoked the Eternal Devil Sect disciples as they crossed toward the arena.
• The Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s spectators roared, “Beat them to death,” when the Eternal Devil Sect entered the Battle Arena.
• Lin Bai suppressed his surging battle intent and remarked to Jiang Xuansu that the hostile welcome made things interesting.

Lin Bai watched the Eternal Devil Sect’s Dao Sovereign disciples face the jeers and intimidating crowd at the Battle Arena before the competition against the Crimson Moon Divine Sect began. After Vice Sect Master Wei Wuyu announced the rules, Fang Zeyun and Situ Kong stepped forward to fight the opening match.

• Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan took their seats while martial artists from the Crimson Moon Eighteen Provinces jeered at the Eternal Devil Sect’s disciples.
• The Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s disciples entered the arena, where spectators praised Liu Puyu, Yu Guan, and Tian Luo as promising talents.
• Vice Sect Master Wei Wuyu announced the competition rules and declared the Dao debate and martial competition underway.
• Fang Zeyun of the Crimson Moon Divine Sect challenged the Eternal Devil Sect, and Situ Kong of the Heng Province Alliance answered him.

Fang Zeyun and Situ Kong opened the Eternal Devil Sect and Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s disciple competition with a prolonged battle that ended in a draw. Lin Bai recognized the match as a face-saving arrangement between the sects and said the later battles would be genuine contests.

• Fang Zeyun and Situ Kong exchanged blows in the first match while spectators from both sects cheered them on.
• Lin Bai predicted the match would end in a draw, explaining that the fighters were holding back and using flashy techniques.
• After 450 exchanges, Fang Zeyun and Situ Kong agreed to stop and declared the match a draw.
• The judges announced the draw, and the crowd grew more eager for the next battle.
• Lin Bai told Qin Yuyan that both sects had arranged the match to protect their reputations and would fight seriously in the battles that followed.

Lin Bai watched the martial contest and warned that Qi Song was a formidable opponent when Li Yumen stepped forward to fight him. Qi Song defeated Li Yumen with one move, and Lin Bai and the others comforted Li after his loss.

• A Crimson Moon Divine Sect disciple defeated an Eternal Devil Sect disciple, and Lin Bai explained how fighters sought openings in their opponents’ defenses.
• The Eternal Devil Sect won five matches in a row, and Lin Bai wagered that Li Yumen would soon take the field.
• Qi Song entered the arena for the Crimson Moon Divine Sect, and Lin Bai and Jiang Xuansu sensed that he was far stronger than he appeared.
• Li Yumen challenged Qi Song, who shattered his defenses and knocked him from the platform with one move.
• Li Yumen later approached Lin Bai, and Lin Bai, Jiang Xuansu, and Qin Yuyan reassured him after his defeat.

As the Eternal Devil Sect and Crimson Moon Divine Sect traded victories in the martial contests, Lin Bai prepared to leave the matches and secretly enter the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s forbidden rear mountain grounds. The chapter ends with him approaching the forbidden area under the concealment of the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant.

• The Eternal Devil Sect lost the first day’s contests, rallied on the second, and traded close results with the Crimson Moon Divine Sect over the next three days.
• Li Yumen won two matches, and Wu Linxian won one as the contests continued.
• Lin Bai told the Third Elder that he needed secluded cultivation and received permission to miss the next two days of matches.
• Lin Bai borrowed the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment from Qin Yuyan and spent the night learning how to use it.
• On the sixth day, Lin Bai pretended to cultivate, concealed his aura with the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant, and slipped out of Azure Dragon Estate.
• After checking that most people were focused on the Battle Arena, Lin Bai headed toward the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s forbidden rear mountain grounds.

Lin Bai secretly reached the summit of Mountain of the Seated Immortal and, after merging with its immortal phantom, gained a profound sense of the Heavenly Dao. His presence triggered a nine-thousand-mile tribulation cloud, and the Black Hide Hellhound recognized him as the intruder it had scented before.

• Lin Bai used the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant to slip into Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s rear mountain and bypassed its formations with Soul Skill: Restriction Break.
• Lin Bai reached the summit, paid respect to the immortal phantom, and sat where the aura of the Great Dao was strongest.
• Lin Bai merged with the phantom and experienced a vision of the world and the workings of the Heavenly Dao.
• A tribulation cloud stretching nine thousand miles formed above the mountain, startling Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s secluded elders and ancestors.
• The Black Hide Hellhound barked at the summit, and its old man suspected that Lin Bai was the person the hound had scented in the forest.

As Qing Luo’s tribulation gathered above Mountain of the Seated Immortal, elders and sect disciples witnessed nine thousand li of lightning clouds—the legendary mortal-world limit. Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan realized the clouds might explain why the Eternal Devil Sect’s leaders had invested so much in Qing Luo, and the chapter left his tribulation about to begin.

• The old man and the Black Hide Hellhound saw the immense lightning clouds and chose not to approach the mountaintop, fearing the tribulation would strike them too.
• During the matches at the Battle Arena, Qin Yuyan asked Jiang Xuansu why the Eternal Devil Sect valued Qing Luo so highly and had arranged special support for his tribulation.
• Jiang Xuansu said she knew of no special quality beyond Qing Luo’s exceptional combat instincts, though she recalled that the Immortal Buddha Grotto’s old ancestors had favored him.
• Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan saw the clouds reach nine thousand li, exceeding Jiang Xuansu’s own eight-thousand-two-hundred-li tribulation clouds.
• Jiang Xuansu explained that nine thousand li marked the legendary limit and was said to herald a future Supreme, while Qing Luo’s tribulation had yet to descend.

Lin Bai underwent a lightning tribulation on Mountain of the Seated Immortal, using the mountain’s terrain and his Five Elements Dao Body to endure each strike with his astonishing physical strength. By the fifth tribulation, the watching elders and Crimson Moon Divine Sect ancestors were stunned by his resilience.

• Lin Bai awakened as thunder gathered above Mountain of the Seated Immortal and discovered that it tempered his body while the mountain’s earth veins shielded him from the pressure.
• Lin Bai endured the first lightning tribulation with support from the mountain’s terrain and his Five Elements Dao Body, but did not break through to the Dao Realm.
• Lin Bai withstood the second and third tribulations, then rose into the air and faced the lightning without using a treasure.
• The elders and ancestors watching speculated that Lin Bai was attempting to reach the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm in one breakthrough and marveled at his physical strength.
• The fifth lightning tribulation descended, and Lin Bai remained unbowed, leaving the watchers astonished.

Lin Bai endured the nine ordinary tribulation bolts on the Mountain of the Seated Immortal, while Yang Lou and the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s Sect Master watched and discussed recruiting him. As the Sect Master approached Lin Bai, an even mightier tribulation descended, and nine hundred million li of tribulation clouds gathered overhead.

• Lin Bai realized his suppressed cultivation had drawn all his tribulations at once and prepared to face them with the treasures in his Storage Bag.
• Lin Bai endured the seventh, eighth, and ninth ordinary tribulation bolts, though the attacks grew increasingly powerful.
• Yang Lou identified Lin Bai as an outsider and suggested recruiting him into the Crimson Moon Divine Sect; the Sect Master said he had made arrangements.
• After the ordinary tribulation clouds dispersed, the Sect Master stepped toward the Mountain of the Seated Immortal and was struck back by a crushing force.
• Yang Lou saw the tribulation clouds gather again across nine hundred million li and recognized that a far greater tribulation was beginning.

Lin Bai faced the Heaven’s Wrath Tribulation as Yang Lou and the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s ancestors recognized him as a member of the Heaven Swallowing Race. The first crimson divine lightning overwhelmed his treasures and left him bloodied on Mountain of the Seated Immortal.

• The thunderclouds spread across ninety thousand li, prompting Yang Lou to evacuate the area around Mountain of the Seated Immortal while martial artists fled the storm.
• Yang Lou and more than twenty ancestors identified the storm as the Heaven’s Wrath Tribulation and suspected Lin Bai belonged to the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• The tribulation drew power from the surrounding land, and its thunder shook Lin Bai before the first crimson divine lightning descended.
• Lin Bai hurled three treasures at the lightning, but the first two disintegrated and the Moon-Reflecting Mirror exploded after absorbing the bolt.
• The mirror’s shattered lightning struck Lin Bai, leaving him bloody and mangled as he crashed onto Mountain of the Seated Immortal.

Lin Bai endured Heaven's Wrath Tribulation on Mountain of the Seated Immortal, using treasures to withstand increasingly devastating bolts while suffering severe injuries. After surviving five bolts, he refined all twenty-five of his remaining treasures at once as the next bolt gathered.

• Lin Bai realized the immortal phantom and the mountain's terrain could no longer protect him, then swallowed healing pills and prepared to face the second bolt.
• Lin Bai used five treasures and Mountain-Swallowing Toad against the second bolt, but they shattered or exploded, leaving him badly wounded.
• Lin Bai used six defensive treasures against the third and fourth bolts; the lightning shattered them, destroyed the immortal phantom, and carved away much of Mountain of the Seated Immortal.
• Lin Bai survived the fifth bolt with the protection of his Five Elements Dao Body and Sword Heart, while the tribulation continued to worsen his injuries.
• Lin Bai refined all twenty-five remaining treasures, including Thunder Dragon Pearl, Seven-Colored Treasure Umbrella, and Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment, to defend against the bolts still to come.

Lin Bai endured the final bolts of Heaven's Wrath Tribulation at Mountain of the Seated Immortal, while Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu realized the nature of his trial. He survived the ninth bolt, though he was gravely injured and losing consciousness.

• Lin Bai used his treasures and pills to withstand the sixth and seventh bolts, refusing to use the Heaven Concealing Jade Pendant to evade the tribulation.
• The eighth bolt shook the land around Crimson Moon Mountain City, interrupting Murong Ting and Liu Puyu's battle and drawing the attention of the spectators.
• Qin Yuyan explained to Jiang Xuansu that Heaven's Wrath Tribulation afflicted those with immense sins or members of the Heaven Swallowing Race.
• Lin Bai used five treasures and the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment to endure the ninth bolt, which shattered the Seven-Colored Treasure Umbrella and badly damaged his body.
• The ninth bolt passed as Lin Bai's consciousness faded.

Lin Bai survived the ninth bolt of Heaven's Wrath Tribulation, but his divine pill and Devouring Sword Soul did not fuse into a Dao Fruit. A vast new tribulation gathered above him, revealing figures and palaces in the clouds as Ancestor Yang Lou identified it as the Supreme Tribulation.

• Lin Bai survived the ninth bolt, and the Heaven's Wrath lightning clouds dispersed, leaving Mountain of the Seated Immortal devastated.
• Lin Bai realized his divine pill and Devouring Sword Soul had not transformed, then watched new lightning clouds gather across the sky.
• Ancestor Yang Lou and the Crimson Moon Sect Master discussed whether to capture Lin Bai and trade him to the Giant God Race or risk sheltering him.
• The Crimson Moon Sect Master headed toward Mountain of the Seated Immortal, but stopped when immense lightning clouds and imposing figures appeared over Crimson Moon Divine Sect.
• Ancestor Yang Lou recognized the heavenly palaces and figures in the clouds as signs of the Supreme Tribulation.

A Supreme Tribulation formed over Mountain of the Seated Immortal, forcing the Crimson Moon Divine Sect and the martial artists of Crimson Moon Mountain City to flee. Beyond its reach, the Third Elder and the others waited as Lin Bai faced the Devil Realm’s third recorded Supreme Tribulation.

• Yang Lou recognized the Supreme Tribulation and warned that all living creatures within a million li would die, prompting the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s Ancestors to flee and order an evacuation.
• The Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s disciples and martial artists in Crimson Moon Mountain City abandoned the area beneath the thunderclouds and fled east.
• Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu realized the new tribulation was the Supreme Tribulation and raced beyond its vast range.
• Qin Yuyan and Jiang Xuansu joined the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s Ancestors outside the tribulation, where the Third Elder urged the disciples to watch the rare event.

Lin Bai faced the Supreme Tribulation at Mountain of the Seated Immortal and was swallowed by its nine-colored divine thunder. He survived, advanced directly to the peak Nine Tribulation Dao Realm, and manifested his Supreme Avatar.

• Third Elder told Jiang Xuansu that martial artists who crossed the Supreme Tribulation vanished, and they watched Lin Bai's tribulation from afar.
• Lin Bai summoned Devouring Sword Soul, the Demon Sword, and his three flying swords, then charged into the Supreme Tribulation.
• The tribulation struck Lin Bai with a nine-colored divine thunderbolt that devastated the land and caused the distant onlookers to believe he might have died.
• Lin Bai's body and soul were destroyed and then reconstructed within the thunder, leaving him stronger than before.
• Lin Bai's divine pill, Devouring Sword Soul, and spiritual power fused into a Dao Fruit, raising him from the Quasi-Dao Realm to the peak Nine Tribulation Dao Realm.
• Lin Bai manifested a towering Supreme Avatar whose black jade sword was the transformed Devouring Sword Soul.

Lin Bai survived the Supreme Tribulation and manifested his Supreme Avatar, which shattered the thunderclouds and revealed him as a future Supreme of Heaven and Earth. Hundreds of Crimson Moon forces and the Crimson Moon Divine Sect and Eternal Devil Sect pledged allegiance, while a powerful ancestor set out for the Crimson Moon Divine Sect.

• Lin Bai's Supreme Avatar appeared in the tribulation and cleaved apart the thunderclouds with a sword strike.
• Qin Yuyan, Jiang Xuansu, Third Elder, and the other witnesses recognized Lin Bai's Supreme Avatar and celebrated his success.
• Lang Qing and hundreds of families and sects pledged allegiance to Lin Bai, followed by Ancestor Yang Lou on behalf of the Crimson Moon Divine Sect and Third Elder on behalf of the Eternal Devil Sect.
• Lin Bai gave no response to the pledges of allegiance.
• An ancestor elsewhere in the Devil World sensed the Supreme Tribulation, declared that the Devil World was flourishing, and traveled toward the Crimson Moon Divine Sect.

Ling Tianzi learned that Lin Bai had survived the Supreme Tribulation in the Demon Realm and condensed a Supreme Avatar, and he celebrated his disciple’s achievement. He explained why he had sent Lin Bai to the Demon Realm rather than the Heaven Swallowing Race, while the old woman warned that Lin Bai’s revealed potential would attract both allies and enemies.

• Ling Tianzi sensed Lin Bai’s Supreme Avatar in the Demon Realm and told his disciples that Lin Bai had survived the tribulations and gained the Supreme Tribulation’s recognition.
• Li Shanqing rejoiced, while the Slovenly Daoist and Leng Nuan congratulated Ling Tianzi on Lin Bai’s achievement.
• Ling Tianzi refused to notify Liu Songjing, and the old woman cautioned that Giant God Race agents within the Heaven Swallowing Race could expose Lin Bai’s location.
• Ling Tianzi said he trusted Lin Bai’s strength and the Demon Realm’s protection more than the Heaven Swallowing Race, and believed Lin Bai would grow there before returning to the Spirit Realm.
• The old woman warned that the Demon Realm’s Realm Sons and other factions might target Lin Bai because his Supreme Avatar had been revealed, and Ling Tianzi praised Lin Bai’s ability to conceal or display his strength.

After Lin Bai revealed his Supreme Avatar during the tribulation, the Giant God Race marked him as a threat and began searching for him. Lin Bai secretly returned to Azure Dragon Estate, where he told Qin Yuyan that the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment had been reduced to ashes and fled before she could respond.

• Ling Tianzi recognized that Lin Bai's Supreme Avatar gave him the qualifications to contend with the Giant God Race.
• The Giant God Race elders saw the Heaven Swallowing Supreme Avatar on the Giant God Compass and began searching for Lin Bai so they could kill him.
• After the Supreme Tribulation destroyed Mountain of the Seated Immortal, Lin Bai concealed his identity and slipped back to Crimson Moon Mountain City.
• Lin Bai returned to Azure Dragon Estate and admitted to Qin Yuyan that the tribulation had destroyed the Tribulation-Passing Immortal Garment.
• Qin Yuyan demanded to see the garment's fragments, and Lin Bai said they had turned to ashes before retreating into his courtyard and activating its formation.

After surviving the tribulation, Lin Bai reached the peak of the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm and secluded himself to stabilize his cultivation. Meanwhile, chaos over the destroyed Mountain of the Seated Immortal disrupted the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s martial competition, and the chapter ended with Wei Wuyu giving the Third Elder a shocking answer about whether it would continue.

• Lin Bai reflected on the treasures he had lost in the tribulation, recognized his Supreme Avatar as a powerful but unfamiliar trump card, and entered secluded cultivation.
• The destruction of the Mountain of the Seated Immortal enraged the Crimson Moon Divine Sect’s elders, while searching outsiders invaded forbidden areas and clashed with the sect’s disciples.
• The Third Elder visited Jiang Xuansu and Qin Yuyan, warned them not to disturb Lin Bai, and said he expected to withdraw from the martial competition and return to the Eternal Devil Sect.
• The Crimson Moon Divine Sect restored order by executing trespassers and punishing their families and sects, causing many outsiders to flee.
• Five days later, the Third Elder asked Wei Wuyu whether the martial competition would continue, and Wei Wuyu gave him a startling answer.